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Masorah
Masorah
English
A portion of a manuscript of the
Pentateuch
(Exodus 20:1-5), with the
Masorah
on the right margin.
Alternative forms
masora
Masorah
,
masorah
Massora
,
massora
Massorah
,
massorah
Proper noun
Masorah
The
collection
of
marginal
notes
on the text of the
Hebrew
Scriptures
, composed by
rabbis
of the
school
of
Tiberias
, in the 8th-9th centuries
CE
.
Etymology
From
Hebrew
מָסוֹרָה
(
masorá
)
, variant of
מסורת \ מָסֹרֶת
(
masóret
)
.
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